Sunday, September 09, 2012

Transition

My
life has been filled with transitions lately. Tom got a new job as pastor of Charlottetown
Community Church (CCC). The church is located in a beautiful place on Prince Edward
Island (PEI), Canada. We have moved around in the past (West Virginia,
Washington, Texas and back to New York) but never to a different country.

I had just started a new job that I
loved, when Tom got the call. We both knew that this was God. We believe we are
following Him. Having been here for a week, I’m totally in love with my new
home and I don’t mean just my beautiful new house.

Every time we had moved in the past,
there were issues that plagued us. West Virginia – a serious car accident;
Washington – the truck lost power steering and brakes just as it got to the top
of a hill; Texas –we had two flat tires, and coming back to New York – Tom was
recovering from his second battle with cancer. I was almost afraid to see what
would happen with this new move. We had some issues with visas and health
insurance but thanks to prayers and the help of my brother-in-law’s friend it
all worked out.

I
was blessed by two very close friends who took the trip from New York all the
way to Charlottetown to help us move. In all the times we moved, no one had
ever done that. Thank you Erica and Chris for making this journey a fun one.

I was blown away by the amount of
people from CCC that met us at the new house. The huge twenty-six foot truck
was emptied in forty-five minutes. The people at CCC didn’t stop there. For the
past week Tom and I have been blessed by wonderful meals prepared by the
wonderful, generous people of CCC. It enabled us to concentrate on unpacking
the massive boxes we have. They have arranged for another week of meals. There are
many good cooks at this new church and we are feeling the love.

There
is lots of adjustments to make; the currency, the metric system (I was very bad
at it in school), and I find they take recycling very seriously. None of these
changes are scary or even troublesome. It’s a different way of doing things.
Even when we moved around in the US there were changes from state to state.

I’m excited about this new transition. I’m
looking forward to getting to know the people of CCC and the people of PEI. My
French is very rusty – I try not to speak it in public so that I don’t shame my
family – but with French channels I might get my French mojo back.

Transition is scary or at least to
me. I have great peace being here. I know this is exactly where God wants me to
be. I’m excited about what the future holds.

"I have great peace being here. I know this is exactly where God wants me to be. I’m excited about what the future holds." No better, safer, surer place to be than in God's care & hands. Happy for you as you follow HIM. I thought PEI was one of the most beautiful places we visited....but we were not there in the winter. I'll be eager to follow you and what God is doing in your lives as you follow HIM.

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